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Research

Research Grant Program

NORD 2009 Research Grant Recipients

The following researchers were chosen to receive grant funding during the MAC teleconference of November 9, 2009:

(1) Arteriovenous Malformation

Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD; Neil Martin, MD
UCLA School of Medicine, Center for Cognitive Neurosciences,
Los Angeles, California

"Mapping Language Reorganization in AVM Patients with fMRI and Intraoperative Corticography"

(2) Essential Thrombocythemia

Alison R. Moliterno, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

"Genetic Basis of Essential Thrombocytosis"

(3) Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (2 awards)

Puneet Opal, MD
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

"Cellular Basis of SCA1"


Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

"Diffusion MRI Biomarkers of Cerebellar Circuits and Connections in SCA1 Mouse"

(4) Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (3 awards, with funding by the PMP Research Foundation)

Marc Pocard, MD PHD (In Honor Of Mel R.Kurtz)

The National Institute of Medical Research
Angiogenesis and Translational Research Department
Paris, France

"Development of Animal Models for the Study of Pseudonyxome and Evaluation of the Role of Anti-Angiogenesis in the Control of this Tumor."

Andrew Renehan, MD (In Honor Of Dutch Culbertson and Jerry Lewandowski)

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester,
Manchester, United Kingdom

"The Development and Global Gene Characterization of an Immortalized Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Cell Culture System for Pre Clinical Testing of Anti-tumor Therapies"


Herbert J. Zeh III (In Honor Of Dutch Culbertson and Jerry Lewandowski)

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

"Clonal Analyses of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) to Identify Novel Targets for Personalized Therapy"

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